Is the first African American President of the United States of America the president of everybody but African Americans?

" I’m not the president of black America. I’m the president of the United States of America,"~President Barack Hussein Obama 

Oh, really?  Based on  the current state of affairs African Americans are struggling to just to breath, and it seems like to me the first African American President is the first African American President for everybody but African Americans.

Obama may be Black, but he’s not that kind of president. “If he were the first Black President he would be using his bully pulpit to champion legislation targeting unemployment in urban areas, poverty, income disparity, and other issues.” This particular Black man is, essentially, a functionary of a government in the service of wealth and empire. “The President’s efforts will not address chronic income disparity or the wealth gap.”

I'm going to be honest, I had this nagging feeling there was going to be a black lash post election of President Obama, but never did I expect things were going to get worse.  President Obama's adheres to the philosophy that a rising tide lifts all boats, but if one end of the boat if full of holes guess what...the whole damn boat is going to sink.  If the boat full of holes just happens to be is full of black folks no one will throw out a life preserver, much less send the Coast Guard because black folks expect the government to take care of them. RedEye roll

Those who attempt to bring the suffering (yes I said suffering) of African Americans to the attention of the first African American President are called The Professional Left,  Haters (or worse), admonished to stop whining and put on your marching shoes and support the first African American President because he's well... the first African American President of the United States of America.

criticizing “a first” poses great risks. “Firsts” are often sacred cows that black people protect because they don’t want them to fail and don’t want other black people “bringing em down.”

What Kelli said all the damn way!

He's not the president of black america, yet he needs the black vote!! When other groups holler they get his attention, when we do we're told to stop complaining and put on our marching boots. We defend him the most and get shitted on by him in the process. Black unemployment is through the roof and we have no right to complain? I'm sorry but singing Al Green and going to Harlem for a fundraiser(not to listen to regular folk problems) is just not going to cut it anymore.

According to a recent report released by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics the black unemployment rate jumped from 12.9% to 14% this month.  Now you tell me if the script were flipped and white unemployment jumped from 12.9% to 14%,  the white President would be saying I am not the president of white America.  I'm the president of the United States of America.  There would be hell to pay, and rightly so.


See, this is why I didn't want an African American President of the United States of America because I knew  there would be Hope and Change  for  EBBF...Everybody But Black Folks. 

Sigh